Republicans did not hesitate to evoke the Fast and Furious when speaking about the incident. Sen. Charles E. Grassley said in a statement that “because of Operation Fast and Furious, we’ll wonder for years if the guns used in any killing along the border were part of an ill-advised gun-walking strategy sanctioned by the federal government. It’s a sad commentary.”

Screenshot of the email sent out by the Romney-Ryan campaign. (Jana Kasperkevic/Houston Chronicle)

Grassley, along with Rep. Darrell Issa, have spearheaded another joint effort to investigate a “gun-walking” incident – this time in Texas. Project Gunrunner has been on the lawmakers’ radar for over a year and was even included in Inspector Gerneral’s report on Fast and Furious.